Here's what I think happened - someone dropped a line to Guess by Marciano that the hot new thing for Fall fashion are menswear inspired patent-toe-capped shoes. (Maybe one of their designers read the news on Shoewawa?) So someone clever took a hatchet to all (and I mean ALL) of the old Guess heels (all the ones that'll eventually end up at Guess Factory warehouses, that is) and literally just chopped off the toe. And replaced them all with patent ...